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US European Command and Transportation Command leaders testified before the Senate on maintaining the 80,000-troop presence in Europe to deter Russian aggression, warning against premature withdrawals while allies build combat capability. The commanders highlighted urgent threats from adversaries targeting global logistics networks and growing military convergence between Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea.

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The UN Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine presented findings that Russian authorities committed crimes against humanity through the systematic deportation and enforced disappearance of over 1,000 Ukrainian children, while also documenting judicial fraud using torture, coerced recruitment of foreign nationals from 17 countries, and extreme violence by Russian commanders against their own soldiers.

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Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado held a press conference in Chile to rally regional support for recognizing Edmundo González Urrutia as president-elect and facilitating a democratic transition, while promising the nearly 700,000 Venezuelan exiles in Chile they will soon return to a free homeland.

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Northrop Grumman's Cygnus XL cargo spacecraft successfully departed the International Space Station after a 175-day resupply mission, executing precision maneuvers to enter a safe disposal trajectory while honoring fallen Columbia astronaut William McCool.

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Turkey's COP31 presidency aims to shift global climate diplomacy from target-setting to concrete implementation through five action pillars, while IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol emphasizes the critical intersection of energy security and clean transition amid volatile geopolitical conditions.

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UN Security Council debates competing resolutions on Iran's regional attacks, with a Bahrain-led condemnation supported by 135 nations passing while a Russian ceasefire draft fails; delegates detail civilian casualties, economic disruptions, and nuclear proliferation risks amid calls for immediate de-escalation.

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Sam Altman details OpenAI's $110 billion infrastructure offensive to transform AI into an abundant utility 'too cheap to meter,' predicting that executives will soon serve primarily as supervisors of AI agents while the US maintains its technological edge through massive capital deployment and energy-efficient hardware.

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Gulf economies built on being "safe havens" face an existential crisis as Iranian attacks target their stability and the Strait of Hormuz closes, simultaneously blocking oil exports and food imports despite trillions in reserves.

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UK Chief Secretary Darren Jones addressed Parliament regarding the release of documents on Peter Mandelson's appointment as US ambassador, acknowledging systemic due diligence failures that missed the extent of Mandelson's Jeffrey Epstein ties, explaining why some materials remain withheld for a criminal investigation, and outlining emergency reforms to vetting and ethics rules.

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The UN Security Council addressed the dangerous escalation between Hezbollah and Israel following Hezbollah's March 2nd attacks, which have drawn Lebanon into conflict despite the government's recent efforts to assert state authority and implement Resolution 1701, resulting in hundreds of casualties, mass displacement, and direct attacks on UN peacekeepers.

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Prime Minister Keir Starmer defended his decision not to join US-Israel offensive strikes in Iran while accusing opposition leader Kemi Badenoch of a 'screeching U-turn' on war support, as he faced questions on frozen fuel duty, defense investments, and cost of living pressures amid Middle East conflict.

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A mass funeral in Tehran for Revolutionary Guard commanders killed in US and Israeli strikes featured the public reading of an IRGC statement claiming retaliatory missile and drone attacks on American military bases in Kuwait that allegedly injured over 100 US soldiers, amid heavy religious rhetoric vowing continued war until total victory.